Important Works on Paper exhibition Nov 17, 2009
This exhibition includes works by Sam Francis, Shane Guffogg, David Hockney, Wassily Kandinsky, Minjung Kim, Andr; Masson, Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell, Jules Pascin, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Larry Rivers, Ed Ruscha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Andy Warhol. The exhibition is generally divided between works by European masters, from impressionism through the mid twentieth century, and American masters from then onward to the present day. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Reviving ancient brothels Nov 4, 2009
On the cultural front, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who spent much of his time and drew much of his inspiration in the Paris brothels, offered Le Chabanais 16 paintings depicting male and female centaurs for the Pompeii room. Along with crops for spanking and erotic door-knockers, a large old-fashioned wooden box fitted with lenses known as a stereoscope is on show. (iAfrica.com)
Global art star May 14, 2009
Loosely based on life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 19th-century Paris. Lust for Life (1956). (USA Today)
Absinthe and the Arts Apr 30, 2009
The artists most associated with absinthe during this period were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh. Toulouse-Lautrec, in particular, painted many works featuring absinthe, including a portrait of van Gogh, and was said to traverse Paris with a hollow cane filled with the green spirit, as well as a pet cormorant who also took a nip on occasion. (Suite101.com)
Baltimore museum puts art under the big top Mar 25, 2009
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, famous for his posters advertising risque acts at the Moulin Rouge, also did circus posters but depicted dancers as dour and unsmiling, implicitly criticizing the circus for the toll it took on its performers. Others featured in the show brought a lighter touch to their work, including Paul Klee and Fernand Leger, who celebrated his love for the circus in an illuminated text called "Cirque" (1950). (Yahoo News)
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Baltimore Museum exhibit on circus art Feb 10, 2009
The museum exhibit, "A Circus Family: Picasso to Leger," runs through May 17, with prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures and books by Pablo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Fernand Leger, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse and other artists. The works range from Toulouse-Lautrec's 19th-century circus posters to Picasso's portraits of circus families, done in 1904 and 1905 in Paris, to lithographs from Leger's 1950 book "Cirque." Tickets are required to see the show. (Yahoo News)
Impressionist and Modern sale nets £63.42 million at Christie's Feb 8, 2009
A scene with two women reclining on a couch and gazing at each other painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1895 realized 6. 2 million, without exciting much competition. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Critic's picks - visual arts Feb 8, 2009
The Clark Art Institute's extensive holdings of work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec are at the core of this exhibition, which explores the Parisian demimonde as seen by Toulouse-Lautrec and his contemporaries. Through April 26. (Boston Globe)
